Decentralized social media platform Friend.tech based on Coinbase’s layer-2 protocol Base has touched new heights in terms of revenue growth and total value locked on its platform. 
According to data from Dune Analytics, Friend.tech revenue has surged to 10,663 ETH and its TVL grew to over 30,000 ETH on Oct. 2. The recent boom in its revenue and trading activity comes amid a decline in hype from its early days of launch.
As a decentralized social network platform launched in August 2023, Friend.tech enables users to swap “keys” associated to X accounts (formerly Twitter) belonging to their friends or influencers. These keys give users access to private in-app chatrooms and content only available from the corresponding X user. Users can buy shares in their friends and influencers on the platform.
While the concept of a decentralized social network platform with a revenue sharing model was lauded by many in the Web3 space, the platform has also grabbed the attention of critics. 

Let me tell you one thing.

Something isn’t right about @friendtech.

Creators making money from a group chat that doesn’t even work when you can’t even reply directly to people?

The way pricing works is ridiculous and can be easily taken advantage of.

Pumps and dumps. pic.twitter.com/TJqcktEM6P

— Yazan (@YazanXBT) August 20, 2023

The decentralized social media platform has been declared “dead” on numerous ocassions since its launch a couple of months ago. One crypto commentator questioned its revenue model and gave the platform 6-8 weeks before the charm fizzles out. Critics pointed out that the rate at which the share prices increased in the first couple of weeks makes it unsustainable in the long run.
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However, despite the criticism, the Friend.tech platform has continued to see new record surges in revenue and user growth. 
The latest boom in its revenue comes as the user base with the communicative transactions on the platform surged to 9,200,882. While the current trading volume has marked a dip from the surge seen in the first week of Septermber, the steady growth in revenue and TVL suggests the platform is still garnering traction from the users.
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